2017 Lyon County Calendar
January | |||
2 | NEW YEARS-OFFICE CLOSED | ||
8th-11th | AFBF Convention, Pheonix, AZ | ||
19 | 7:30 AM | County Meeting @ FB Office | |
20 | Young Farmer Leadership Conference, Covington, KY | ||
21 | Young Farmer Leadership Conference, Covington, KY | ||
24 | Murray Soybean Promotion Day, Murray, KY | ||
25 | Ag Expo, Owensboro, KY | ||
February | |||
7 | KY General Assembly Resumes Session | ||
14 | President's & VP's Conference, Louisville, KY | ||
15 | President's & VP's Conference, Louisville, KY | ||
15th-18th | National Farm Machinery Show, Louisville, KY | ||
16 | 7:30 AM | County Meeting @ FB Office | |
25th-1st | Congressional Tour, Washington, DC | ||
28 | Scholarship Deadline (State & County) | ||
March | |||
1 | Congressional Tour, Washington, DC | ||
Food Check-Out Day | |||
10th-11th | Women's Conference | ||
13th-16th | Young Farmer Marketing Tour, St. Louis, MO | ||
16 | Certified Roadside Market Educational Meeting, BG, KY | ||
16 | 7:30 AM | County Meeting @ FB Office | |
20th-24th | Ag Literacy Week | ||
April | |||
13 | GOOD FRIDAY-OFFICE CLOSED | ||
20 | 7:30 AM | County Meeting @ FB Office | |
May | |||
18 | 7:30 AM | County Meeting @ FB Office | |
29 | MEMORIAL DAY-OFFICE CLOSED | ||
June | |||
11th-15th | Institute for Future Agricultural Leaders, Murray, KY | ||
15 | 7:30 AM | County Meeting @ FB Office | |
Various | Regional Teacher Workshop | ||
23 | Deadline for Communications Award Submission | ||
July | |||
4 | 4TH OF JULY-OFFICE CLOSED | ||
District Policy Development Meeting | |||
14th-15th | Young Farmer Summer Outing | ||
20 | 7:30 AM | County Meeting @ FB Office | |
27 | UK Corn, Soybean, Tobacco Field Day, Princeton, KY | ||
August | |||
4 | Application Submitted for Public Relations Award | ||
17 | 7:30 AM | County Meeting @ FB Office | |
24 | Farm Bureau Day, State Fair, Louisville, KY | ||
25 | Deadline for Public Relations Award | ||
September | |||
4 | LABORY DAY-OFFICE CLOSED | ||
8 | Deadline for Information Award | ||
16 | 5:00 PM | County Safety Day @ Lyon Convention Center | |
16 | 6:00 PM | County Annual Meeting @ Lyon Convention Center | |
28th-29th | Bluegrass and Backroads Tour, Bowling Green, KY | ||
October | |||
6 | Deadline for Safety Challenge | ||
15 | County Resolutions DUE to state office | ||
19 | 7:30 AM | County Meeting @ FB Office | |
20 | Deadline for Women's Education & Mini Grant | ||
District Outstanding Youth Contest | |||
31 | Deadline for Distinguished Service Award |
KFB Spotlight
- President's Column | The Methods Have Changed But the Tradition Remains
- May 9, 2023
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As farm families across the state continue with spring planting, I’m reminded of how far we have come over the years in this process, from an agricultural technology standpoint, while never losing sight of the reasons we plant a crop.
- Water Quality and the Role of Agriculture
- May 9, 2023
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Improving water quality has been a long-term goal of the state’s agricultural sector well in advance of the many climate issues currently making headlines.
- Down the Backroads | Looking Through the Eyes of My Heart"
- May 9, 2023
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As humans, it’s very easy to draw conclusions about something by sight alone. But we don’t all see things—or in my case, places—in the same way. What I might think is beautiful, another may see just the opposite, and vice versa.